Chapter 379: Arsonist
Seeing such a high-end item as beef jerky, the hungry people suddenly straightened their eyes, and they didn't care about any dignity or backbone, so they stuffed their anger indiscriminately. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Is there any more water?" he asked, slurring his mouth.
"No, do you want any wine?"
"Yes!"
Zheng Fei threw the half-drunk wine jug to him, which contained sweet and refreshing Victor wine.
"Thank you. ”
"So can you tell me about it?"
"Yes, but you have to promise me a bunch of food and water, and your horse, which is an English thoroughbred, right?"
Hearing this, Zheng Fei couldn't help but smile, feeling that this condition was very rude.
So, he raised the muzzle of the gun again, pointed at the man with an expressionless face, and said, "You don't have the right to negotiate terms with me, you are just a person who will go to God at any time, I gave you water and food, you should be grateful to me, understand?"
The sudden change in Zheng Fei's attitude made the man stunned, and then his eyes rolled, and he gritted his teeth unwillingly.
"Okay, I'm begging you to give me those things, okay?"
The desire to survive overcame dignity, and he finally saw the hope of surviving, where he was willing to be beaten back into despair, and finally he could only choose to compromise.
"Let's talk first. Zheng Fei lowered the muzzle of his gun, his face unkind.
"Can I finish it first?"
"Eat fast. ”
After that, Zheng Fei left him, walked a few steps to a small dirt slope, stood on tiptoe and looked in the direction of the convoy, the distance was about three thousand meters, and it would be there in less than half an hour.
Turning his head, the man was gobbling up, and it seemed that he was really hungry.
Zheng Fei sat on the dirt slope, aiming his gun at the wild birds that occasionally skimmed the sky, looking for how he felt back then.
In a short time, the man had eaten the whole bag of beef jerky, and he did not forget to lick his fingers, and even the paper bag that packed the beef jerky could not escape his tongue.
Of course, all this was done when Zheng Fei didn't pay attention to him, and he didn't want to be too embarrassed.
Zheng Fei walked over and looked at him from head to toe, he was really embarrassed.
"How did you end up like this?"
"Blame those abominable dog mongrels!" he cursed angrily, his fist slamming into the trunk of the tree.
"Now tell me why you're here, right?"
"Will you keep your promise and leave me water, food, and horses?" the man stared at him suspiciously.
"This horse won't work, I can give you another one. ”
"Okay, as long as you can ride. The man waved his hand indifferently, brushed the strands of hair stuck to his cheeks, and let out a sigh.
"My name is Lenny, and before I came here, I was a merchant in the leather business, transporting luxury goods such as fox skins from Northern Europe to the big and wealthy ports for profit. ”
Looking up at the sky, his ethereal gaze flickered and he muttered.
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Which port is the richest and has the most rich people? Venice? Maybe, but Venice is notoriously bad for business, and there are too many profiteers who stay there all the year round, and the price of the fox skins I ship with will be pushed down again and again, and I can't make a lot of money at all, so I went to Istanbul.
Istanbul, which grew rapidly after being conquered by the Turks, was home to a large number of people from all over the surrounding area, some fleeing and some doing business, and since they had very little contact with fox skins, I was able to make a lot of money in their hands.
About two years ago, I remember that I had traveled all the way from Northern Europe to Istanbul with my family and two large ships full of cargo, where almost the entire coast was lined with docks, thousands of large ships were moored, and there were the most prosperous streets and the most imposing castles.
As soon as my goods were listed, I was coaxed by the bigwigs, and I earned tens of thousands of silver coins in less than half a month, which is worth many times as before.
Later, I decided to settle in Istanbul, and I used the money I earned to buy a small castle on the outskirts of the city, and my family moved in, while I continued to do the fox fur business, constantly traveling back and forth between Northern Europe and Istanbul.
I had expected that in five years, ten years at most, I would earn hundreds of thousands of silver coins, and then I would be able to return to England with my whole family, and return to my hometown, and buy a large estate, and become the most wealthy family in the region, and most likely a title of nobility.
But who could have predicted the catastrophe that would befall them?
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Speaking of this, Lanny's expression became a little lost, and he lowered his head to stare at the withered grass under his feet, and his haggard and unreserved appearance appeared on his face, and the vicissitudes of life were incomparable.
Not long ago, you should have heard that the great warehouse of the defenders of the Istanbul Strait was destroyed by fire and burned to the ground, and at that time this incident caused a sensation in the whole city, and angered all the leaders, including the Grand Duke, even the Generalissimo in the battle went back to inspect it, and ordered the Grand Duke to find out the arsonist within three days, otherwise he would react to the monarch of Muhammad and cut off his title of Grand Duke.
Later, Istanbul began a city-wide manhunt, and people were panicked all day long, as long as anyone was reported, they were immediately arrested and interrogated, and when they found out that they were not the murderers, they were beaten and released. Two days passed, and the Grand Duke still failed to catch the arsonist, and he was furious at the residence.
Just as he was in a rage, a nobleman came over and told him that I was the arsonist. The nobleman was also in the leather business, and I was his rival, and he had robbed him of a lot of business since he went to Istanbul, so he held a grudge against me.
The Grand Duke immediately ordered the nobleman to lead the army to my house, and gave him a death order, and if I could not get me back on time, the nobleman himself would not be able to escape the involvement. But I was outside, so the soldiers searched for everyone in the house, and found no trace of me, and the nobles, in a fit of rage, had the soldiers set fire to my house.
Home is not worth a few dollars, but ......
Lenny's complexion changed suddenly, his eyes were occupied with deep hatred, and he looked extremely terrifying.
"But my daughter was still inside! When the soldiers burst into my house, she hid out of fear, and the soldiers did not notice her, but they poured oil on every room of my house, and lit a fire!
"When I went back two days later, the house was in ashes, and my family was taken back by the nobles, who told me that the nobles told the Grand Duke that I would definitely go back as long as my family was still there. But the Grand Duke was not so patient, and he ordered all my family to be hanged, and falsely claimed that the prisoners who started the fire in the warehouse had been burned to death in the house. ”
"My daughter, my family, my property...... There was nothing left, in order to take revenge, I went to the nobleman's house, but there was only an empty castle left, my friend told me that for fear of my revenge, the nobleman fled with his whole family the day before, and I heard that he was going north, so I asked for a horse and a little money, and chased all the way, and every time I went to a small town, I asked people about the whereabouts of the nobles, and then the horse died of exhaustion, and there was not much money left, so I walked. Then I ended up here, an empty wasteland. ”
Lenny finally finished speaking, closing his eyes as if he were immersed in a memory full of resentment.
A good guy who has been wronged.
Is it Zheng Fei or the nobleman who caused all this?
But no matter what, Zheng Fei is the real arsonist. (To be continued.) )